Sled knee and spindle hub



. SCHOEDL.

SLED KNEE AND SPINDLE HUB.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, I92lv Mtente @et 3L )1922.

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Patented Uct. 3l, ll922.

NETE@ STATES WENZEL SCHOEDL, OF COMFREY, MINNESOTA.

SLED KNEE AND SPINDLE HUB.

Application filed January 29, 1921.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, VVENZEL SCHOEDL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Comfrey, in the county of Brown and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sled Knees and Spindle Hubs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a sled knee spindle hub and is designed to provide a device affording a ready attaching means for the sled runner to the axles or spindles of the vehicles. .t

It is an object of this invention to provide the sled runner with means capable of ready and easy attachment to the vehicle, which means is also capable of quick and easy assembling and disassembling.

This and other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which like reference characters refer t0 the same parts throughout the different views and, in which,

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a runner with the hub shown thereon, a part thereof being shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a partial top plan view of the device' Fig. 3 is a central vertical section taken longitudinally of the spindle hub as the parts are shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

F ig. 4 is a partial view similar to Fig. 1, showing a modification.

Referring to the drawings:

A sled runner 1 of ordinary construction is shown having on its tread or bearing surface the usual metal reinforcement 2 and a block or post 3 is mounted upon this runner intermediate the ends thereof and is provided with lateral depending flanges 4.- which embrace the sides of the runner at the top portion thereof. This post is firmly secured to the runner by bolts 5 passing therethrough and a pair of dowel pins 6 are secured in the runner by having their heads disposed in recesses in the bottom thereof as shown in Fig. 1 and extend upwardly through holes in the top and bottom portions of post 3 and along the sides of the same intermediate these portions as illustrated. The heads of these dowel pins rest upon the metal tread 2 and their ends project above the top of the post Serial No. 441,040.

3. These pins, as shown in Fig. 2, are located in the transverse central line of the post 3. The spindle hub 7 is provided with a base flange 8 of similar shape and size to the top of post 3. rThis flange 8 is provided with holes suitably shaped to engage the ends of the dowel pins 6. The top of the post 3 and the flange 8 at the sides thereof are provided with bolt brackets 10 secured thereto by suitable screws and these brackets are adapted to receive nutted bolts 11 by which the flanges, and thus the hub member 7 and post 3 are firmly secured together, the correct relative position being maintained by the dowel pins 6.

A brace member or yoke 12 is shown in Fig. 1 as passing across the top of flange 9 and provided with holes for the passage of the dowel pins 6. This brace member is suitably bent and bolted to the runner 1 at its ends. The hub member 7 is formed as a cap bearing and provided with the cap 13 which is provided with the flange and secured by the cap screws 14 to a similar flange on the member 7. By providing the cap bearing, the hub can be used with spindles varying somewhat in size and shape.

Tn Fig. 4, the brace member 12 is shown as made in two separate parts, the ends of which are bolted to extension flanges 15 provided on the flange 8 of the hub. A shim or filling piece 16 is placed across the top of post 3 and provided with holes for the pas` sage of the dowel pins 6 to fill the space occupied by the brace 12.

Some brace members which will pass across the flange 9 of the post 3 are often provided with a pressed bead at the center thereof and the hub member 7 is provided with a transverse slot 17 to fit over suoli bead when the brace having such a bead thereon is used.

The operation of the device, it is thought, will be readily understood from the above description. The hub 7 is placed on the wheel spindle, which passes through the bore therein and the cap member 13 is suitably tightened to provide the necessary lit to the spindle. It will, of course, be understood that the aperture in hub 7 may be provided with a suitable bushing or lining of antifriction metal. With the parts assembled in Fig. 1 when the spindles are secured in the hub member 7 the runners are then in operative relation to the vehicle. Tf desired, one set of hub members 7 can be used and several i fieri; i) el* .s *i

tion a runner and post secured thereto and y upstanding therefrom intermediate its yends, said post being provided with flanges at its base portion embracing the top of said runner and provided with a liange at its upper portion, spaced dowel pins secured in said runner and passing upwardly through said post in the transverse center line thereof, a spindle hub having a base ange similar to the flange at the upper portion of the post adapted to be disposed thereover and having openings therein arranged to engage said dowel pins and means for bolting said last mentioned flanges together.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of' two Witnesses.

WENZEL SCHOEDL. Witnesses H. D. REED, H. E. ARNDT. 

